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How many feeders are too many?
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 3903482" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>feathersandfur2214,</p><p></p><p>First, no one really knows what the dietary needs of deer are. Now any time you improve a deer populations nutrition, you're going to see some improvements, but there's some pretty good research that much of what supplemental feed sellers focus on (protein) maybe highly overrated. Total energy consumption may be far more important. Second, the amount of money some ranches spend on feed supplementation that produces measurable results is astronomical (as in tens of thousands of dollars per year). Normally, I would say you can do much more with that money to produce more benefits. Lastly, much depends on the property size and orientation. I don't think hunters realize how much turnover in buck population even a sizeable property can see from season to season. What if few of the bucks being hunted on that property in fall actually live on the property at other times of the year? You could be feeding bucks all winter or summer that actually live somewhere else during the hunting season.</p><p></p><p>All the above said doesn't mean supplemental feeding doesn't have its place. In a large lease situation (thousands of acres) that is primarily pine plantation, and the lessees cannot alter the habitat, supplemental feeding may be the only way to produce large volumes of high-quality nutrition. But those lessees will need deep pockets to make a difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 3903482, member: 17"] feathersandfur2214, First, no one really knows what the dietary needs of deer are. Now any time you improve a deer populations nutrition, you're going to see some improvements, but there's some pretty good research that much of what supplemental feed sellers focus on (protein) maybe highly overrated. Total energy consumption may be far more important. Second, the amount of money some ranches spend on feed supplementation that produces measurable results is astronomical (as in tens of thousands of dollars per year). Normally, I would say you can do much more with that money to produce more benefits. Lastly, much depends on the property size and orientation. I don't think hunters realize how much turnover in buck population even a sizeable property can see from season to season. What if few of the bucks being hunted on that property in fall actually live on the property at other times of the year? You could be feeding bucks all winter or summer that actually live somewhere else during the hunting season. All the above said doesn't mean supplemental feeding doesn't have its place. In a large lease situation (thousands of acres) that is primarily pine plantation, and the lessees cannot alter the habitat, supplemental feeding may be the only way to produce large volumes of high-quality nutrition. But those lessees will need deep pockets to make a difference. [/QUOTE]
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